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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Network of regional employment and training resource and information centres (Centres d'animation, de ressources et d'information sur la formation-observatoires régionaux de l'emploi et de la formation)

Article D6123-2

…r leadership, resources and information on training-regional employment and training observatories; 2° To consolidate at national level the information transmitted by the centres for leadership, resou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-271

…whose speciality is adapted to the specific therapeutic practices mentioned in II of article R. 6123-202 and implemented by the holder of the authorisation for surgical care activity; 2° Doctors spe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…nt of the judicial police and contacting, if necessary, the interpreter required for the hearing; > 2° Serving notice of the hearing to any person to be heard by an officer or agent of the judicial po…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies

I. - Capital gains realised up to a date to be set by decree (1), but no earlier than 1 January 1972, by companies subject to income tax as industrial and commercial profits or corporation tax, on the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-298

…uest the keeper of the National Register of Companies, via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, to enter the following information in the file of a natural person who is not registered in th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions independent of protective measures

Article 414-2

…insanity of mind, in the following cases: 1° If the act itself bears evidence of a mental disorder; 2° If it was made while the person concerned was under court protection; 3° If an action was brought…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1243-2

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 1243-1, the fixed-term employment contract may be terminated before expiry of the term at the initiative of the employee, where the latter provid…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-32

…g the year of application, a literary work of fiction or an essay published by a national publisher;2° Submit a screenplay by an author who has written at least one feature-length film that has been s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-2

…n particular with regard to the size of their liabilities and their short-term cash flow situation; 2° A doubling of the amount of the bill relating to energy consumption compared to that correspondin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-25

Except in the cases provided for in Articles R. 512-28 and R. 512-29, any sampling carried out pursuant to Article L. 511-16 includes at least three samples. A report is drawn up in accordance with th…

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